Are You Prepared For The Day After 9/7?
(John Shomby) As a PD, I always treated the first day back after Labor Day as the beginning of a new "season" for our radio station. This is a time that calls for a renewal and refresh. You're giving your radio station a proverbial fresh coat of paint.
Townsquare Ignite Adds SC’s Midlands to Media Partnerships
Midlands Media Group is the latest in radio to form a strategic partnership with Townsquare Ignite's white-label digital advertising service, pairing the Columbia, SC, operator's local radio and news brands with Townsquare's proprietary programmatic technology.
Dan Bongino Announces Return To Syndicated Radio
Dan Bongino is headed back to radio, teaming with Shawn Farash for a new three-hour weekday program on Westwood One that marks his first regular return to the airwaves since leaving his nationally syndicated show in 2024 for a stint in the Trump administration.
Cumulus Narrows Losses While Cutting Deep in Chapter 11
Declining radio revenue and sweeping layoffs on one side, aggressive cost-cutting and a radically reshaped balance sheet on the other. That is the balancing act depicted by Cumulus Media in its Q2 earnings report, as the broadcaster prepares to go private.
MediaCo Secures Debt Waiver; Revenue Climbs For Fifth Quarter
MediaCo's bet on streaming and free ad-supported television pushed revenue higher for a fifth consecutive quarter, even as the multicultural broadcaster disclosed that it secured a lender waiver just in time to avoid a debt default this month.
CMG Latest to Press FCC on Radio Ownership Rules
The FCC's Local Radio Ownership Rule has drawn a steady stream of visitors to commissioners' offices this summer. Now Cox Media Group is the latest broadcaster to press the case for looser radio ownership rules directly to commissioners.
Meeting Quota Shouldn’t Be Your Goal
(Loyd Ford) Your sales manager is responsible for revenue, activity, forecasting, accountability, morale, and often explaining performance to someone above them. You can either become another problem they have to manage, or become one of the reasons they sleep better at night.
Make Your Customers’ Dream(s) Come True
(Jeffrey Hedquist) In actors’ training, one way to prepare for a scene is to ask ourselves, “What is my character’s dream, and what can I do to make this dream come true today?”That’s the same question we should be asking about our client’s customer.
101 The Fox Rocks Its First Kansas City Blood Drive
Cumulus Media Kansas City's 101 The Fox (KCFX) teamed up with the Community Blood Center to hold its first blood drive on August 11. The Classic Rock station's "Rock & Roll Up Your Sleeves Blood Drive" drew 124 donors and collected 114 units of blood.
Traffic Crew Recounts 9/11 From the Air In New Radio Special
A quarter century after September 11, the NYC crew that captured the attacks live from a traffic helicopter is telling their story for radio. Any Other Tuesday: Reporting On 9/11 From The Air revisits their real-time coverage and the friendships forged that morning.
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